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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 27, 1946
Page
3
Cash with order. Buy to beat direct. Prichard Broughton Farm Charters Towns. Responsibility under to Commonwealth Electoral Act or political matter in Australia. Desue ly yeep by AF Sehanbe Reveale OMes Cloncurry.
Henry McCulloch and Harned Sturefeeder are noted in a brief update. The report lists individuals and places linked to a local event with unclear details and no explicit outcomes.
Local trade notice advertises services of a hoot maker and repairer on Rawgay Street in Cloncurry. No further details provided in the fragment.
The Julia Creek notes recount warm weather shifts and community news. Mr P Cavin at wit's end over a farm matter. Church of England notes and a grand fancy dress ball in Eckford's Hall. Local births, illnesses, departures, and upcoming weddings mark a bustling week in the town.
The Commonwealth Disposals Commission and the Department of Works and Housing invite quotations for pipes glazed earthenware joints and traps. Tender items include pipes in various sizes, bends, joints, and trap fittings. Quotations close on Thursday 2 October 1946, marked Quotations for Pricelist and Aide. Attention: Order Clerk, Assistant Chief Executive Officer Mechanical Equipment Station, Department of Works and Housing, Townsville.
An obscure ad fragment touts Antacid Powder as a remedy for upset stomach. The copy mentions “Fee Medion” and “secre Beil ome Paclacy” with garbled branding, implying a health product distribution ad from a vintage newspaper page.
The Eis Clerk fell ill delaying the council minutes and the general council meeting ran briefly, allowing only a portion of business to be conducted. A fuller report on Buck and Oonitat Meetings will be provided in the next issue. October’s Busy Council Meeting is planned.
A historical notice from Cloncurry Wardens Court dated October 24 1946 lists a mining claim location described as 390 yards north of Brent Mine and six to fourteen miles north of Kajabbi on Cloncurry Glotd. It calls for any objections to be lodged at the Warden's Court at Cloncurry on the day after the October rest day.
R A Literate Or Limited of England will soon start manufacturing in Australia. The firm has long supplied sheep shearing machinery cream separators stationary petrol and diesel engines marine engines lighting plants and auto trucks to Australia and New Zealand. Listers are cited as a leading world producer of rail diesel engines and petrol engines for war and industry. The Australian subsidiary plans a large extension to remodel and expand a factory to become the most dry manufacturing unit in the southern hemisphere. Ellison chairman notes substantial capital expenditure and many new Australian jobs. The project aims to supply primary producers and industrialists with exportable surplus.
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